Separating Fact From Opinion

Put F in front of the statements taken from the essay that are facts, and O in front of those that are opinions.


1		My father is an atheist. My mother was raised protestant.


2		"...no God would make anyone suffer as much as I have. I don't think it would be possible for any being to be so cruel to another as to wish upon them a life like the one I've had."


3		He grew up in Webster City, Iowa, a place I've never been and know little about.


4		"Back then, if you had the measles you had to nail an orange quarantine flag on your front door to warn people not to come near you."


5		He was the only misanthrope I knew who defended the underdog, and he has gotten burned more often than not.


6		"...he found us picking dandelion greens in Harvard Yard to stew for dinner."


7		"Apparently someone thought I had no business being there."


8		"When your brother was little, he misbehaved and I spanked him on the butt. But it wasn't your brother who cried. I was so upset I vowed never to lay a finger on any of you again."


9		"I never understood why he loved her so much..."

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